The next 'big' online community. Your thoughts?

[€uroMeinke]

I vote for #3

#1 is cool, but I'm not sure how you'd distinguish yourself from other Disney boards. Mice Chat and Mouse Pad, have a huge base of CMs, APs, and other folks in the know - granted finding the "up-to-date" info is sometimes a bit of a treasure hunt, but these site usually have the most current info. To consolidate the info, you'd need "trusted" sources and find a way to filter out the rumour and commentary to an acceptable minimum. Perhaps you've got some ideas on how to do that, I'd be a bit dumbfounded myself.

#2 a sort of talent pool is also a cool idea, but in my current situation I probably wouldn't use it. But that just one opinion.

#3 - I think you should spend some time with the vision thing, what would your Really like to do, or what do you find lacking/missing from the current choices. I know when we put LoT together, I really didn't want to create another "Disney" site with an evergrowing population, rather I wanted to create something more intimate to preserve and nurture a community that already existed that seemed to have outgrown or expanded beyond it's Disney origins. If you're looking on building a community, I'd spend some time thinking what would make yours a unique place where you'd like to hang out.

But it seems you're thinking beyong just a message board community, which I also think is a good idea, you just need to name that niche you want to fill.